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are imported from England for the Kafir trade ; his 

 most economic suit is a sack, through the bottom of 

 which he makes three holes for the insertion of his 

 head and arms. In the towns he is not allowed to 



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walk upon the paths, but must keep to the roads, and 

 he is also required to retire from the streets and public 

 thoroughfares when the Kafir bell is rung about 9 P.M. 

 Our black brother may be despised, but the manual 

 labour of the Transvaal at present depends upon him, 

 and his labour is cheap and easily trained. His average 

 wage is ten shillings per week and his " mealie " (ground 



